State of the Environment Report - the Slovak Republic 1997 about the Slovak Republic SK99K0194 The Slovak Republic \v;is established on January I -' 1993 after the peaceful split of the former Czechoslovakia imo two independent sovereign countries. The country lies in the heart of the Central Europe with geographical centre of Europe being situated on its territory. Total population of the Slovak Republic is 5 387 650, lhai represent population density 109.9 inhabitants per km' (as of December 3 1st, 1997). According lo the Act of the NC SR No. 221/1996 Coll. on Territorial and Administrative Division of the SR, the country is divided into 8 regions and 79 districts. Within this broader administrative divi- sion there arc 2 875 municipalities including 136 towns. Table 1 Population size by region (as of December 31st, 1997) Territory Population density Number cif Average number A\eiage si/.e ol Territory Area iiulepciulent inhiib. per municipality inhabitants in ii ii icipD lit ies municipality kin2 per km2 km2 Slovak Republic 49 034 109.9 2 875 1 S74.0 17.05 Bratislava region (BA) 2 053 301.4 72 X 592.7 2S.5I Trnava region (IT) 4 14.S 152.5 249 2 207.5 16.66 Trenail region (TN) 4 501 13?. ft 275 2 219.5 16.37 Nilra region (NR) 6 343 1 13.1 347 2 079.0 IS.2S Zilina region (ZA) 6 78N 101 .ft 314 2 195.9 21.61 Banska livslrica region (BU) 9 455 70.2 515 1 2S9.2 1X.56 I'resov region (I'K) K 9') ! Sd.4 (><>> 1 K.N.9 I.V55 kosiee region (IslO () 753 112.7 45 S 1 757.7 "l?Ti~ Nnle: Nunihci" oCuulcpcmlciil nuii]icip;ilitics diK's mil include Bi;ilishi\a ;incl Kosicc lin\ n /ones. Source: Si: SR Natural migration of the Slovak population caused an increase in total population by 7 thou- sands inhabitants. Registered total increase in the population was 8.7 thousands inhabitants. Figure 1 Population increase (1993-1997) 25000 ._ 20000 \ O I 5000 natural increase 10000 5000 0 Source: Sli SR Total area of the Slovak Republic territory in 1997 was 4 903 455 ha. In terms of the total region area, Banska Bystrica region was the largest region and Bratislava region was the smallest. The highest percentage of agricultural land was in Nitra region. On the other hand, Zilina region was the region with the smallest proportion of agricultural land. In terms of forest land, Zilina region enjoyed the highest percentage of it. On the contrary, Nitra region had the smallest proportion the foresi land within the territory of Slovakia. Bratislava region recorded the highest percentage of build-up land as opposed to Banska Bystrica region with the smallest build-up land proportion. State of the Environment Report - the Slovak Republic 1997 Table 2 Land use by region (as of December 31st , 1997) in ha Region Arable Hop- Vineyards Gardens Orchards Permanent Agricultura Forest Water Build- Total area land gardens grassland land land bodies up land BA 77 605 - 5 066 4 530 1 367 7 623 96 191 75 467 5 636 13 975 205 323 'IT 264 774 184 4 737 8 277 2 665 13 935 294 572 65 127 14 472 25 759 414 773 TN 105 221 815 69 8 356 3 002 69 766 187 229 220 092 6 232 22 899 450 081 NR 408 107 260 12317 14 340 5 326 29 560 469 910 95 867 15 722 34 104 634 335 ZA 70 491 - 6 138 444 172 398 249 471 373 498 12 786 24 476 678 835 BB 171 677 - 3 589 11 425 1 921 232 177 420 789 460 961 7 937 32 419 945 501 PR 163 955 - 24 11 079 2 507 209 845 387 410 439 929 14 245 31 028 899 308 KH . 210 294 - 3 007 13 738 1 736 110 287 339 062 265 432 16 280 33 924 675 299 Total 1 472 124 1 25') 28 809 77 883 18 968 845 591 2 444 634 1 996 373 93 310 218 584 4 903 455 Note: Oilier land category included in llic total area is nol listed separately in the table Source: SU SR.